Members of the public who shared the footage on Twitter heaped praise on the Yorkshire resident, with one saying: “The gentleman who said #PleaseLeaveMyTown to Boris Johnson is the hero we all need right now. Someone buy him a beer”.

Another wrote: “Love the gentleman who politely said #PleaseLeaveMyTown — he spoke for many people in Morley & Outwood.”

The viral exchange rounded off another torrid day for Mr Johnson as his brother quit the Government, he was accused of using police officers in a «political stunt», and his Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg was criticised by England’s chief medical officer.